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'ROBERT CARO'S THE POWER BROKER AT 50' is at the New-York Historical Society through February 2. The Power Broker is turning 50. The final LBJ book is almost--well, he won't [...]

IN THE LATE 1930S, NEW YORKERS barely into middle age could remember a very different Fifth Avenue. The boulevard, a mere decade or so earlier, had been a residential neighborhood [...]

THE DELAWARE AQUEDUCT, 85 miles end to end, is the longest tunnel in the world. It invisibly brings about half of New York City's water, just over 500 million gallons [...]

In this career season, he saw a mini-slowdown in early September. That's over now. FRIDAY THE 13TH, and Aaron Judge was in a slump--or rather, what passes for a slump [...]

FOR MANY YEARS in its early history, this magazine took it upon itself to identify New York's most powerful inhabitants, delineate their influence, and in doing so expose how the [...]

The third avenue bridge, the span that swings open and shut over the Harlem River near 128th Street, carries about 50,000 vehicles a day. On July 8, as the temperature [...]

'IT'S ONLY HER TODAY,' a production assistant told a pedestrian on East 21st Street on the warm morning of May 21. The her in question needed no clarification because a [...]

EVEN AMONG PEOPLE who support legal cannabis, it's pretty widely accepted that our streets now have too many weed shops, many of them operating outside the law. Since Albany relaxed [...]

In 1931, a writer named George Tichenor made his way from his home on West 21st Street down to the Lower East Side to see a play. Galicia Aflame, by [...]

* ROSALIND FOX SOLOMON has rarely worked on assignment. When she first started taking photographs with an idea of making art, few would have expected her to turn that pursuit [...]

WHEN THE CITY rezoned the area around Grand Central Terminal in 2017, the idea was that the neighborhood would get a makeover. Most buildings in Midtown East are either stolid [...]

Look up when you walk through the World Trade Center Oculus, and you can forgive almost everything: the $4 billion bill as the rest of the transit system starved, the [...]

Letter puzzles have taken over social media. Is it an innocent pastime or revenge of the nerds? In early January I started seeing a trickle of peculiar posts in my [...]

New York City's principal water supply aqueduct, the Delaware Aqueduct, is undergoing a major repair. The aqueduct, which is the longest tunnel in the world at 85 miles, has not been drained for repairs since Joe Biden was in high school. The section of the aqueduct that crosses under the Hudson River has been leaking for decades, losing up to 35 million gallons of water daily. To fix the issue, a new tunnel has been constructed and will be connected to the old tunnel, requiring the aqueduct to be shut off for eight months. The city's water supply will not be affected during this time, as there are backup systems in place. The repair project is expected to cost two billion dollars and has taken a decade to complete. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the etiquette of dissent, particularly in the context of losing an election. It emphasizes the importance of learning how to be a good loser and highlights examples of how dissent has been handled in various settings, such as the Supreme Court and American history. The article also explores the idea that criticizing one's country when it's wrong is not un-American, but rather a form of patriotism. It concludes by suggesting that in order to move forward and make progress, it is necessary to find points of agreement and shared goals with those we disagree with. [Extracted from the article]

This article from the New York journal discusses the recent performance of baseball player Aaron Judge. Despite experiencing a minor slowdown in early September, Judge has since regained his momentum. He recently hit a grand slam, leading the Yankees to victory. Judge's impressive statistics this season, including a .321 batting average and 53 home runs, have drawn comparisons to legendary players like Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. While Judge has yet to win a World Series, his exceptional performance has made him a fan favorite and a strong contender for the Most Valuable Player award. [Extracted from the article]

IS THERE ANY FILM IN WHICH EVERYONE TALKS FASTER than His Girl Friday? Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell are the quintessential city-newspaper people, leaping from interview to interview and tip [...]

If Perelman could sell the company, he might be able to eke out his $50 million or so stake in cash, or in the stock of an acquiring company. Normally, a company could choose to ignore such an unsolicited "credit bid", especially one that offers nothing for the company's equity. Perelman still owned 87 percent of the company, a stake that was worth around $100 million on the day of the announcement. Other companies that Perelman used to own or control through MacAndrews & Forbes are long gone, including AM General, the maker of the Humvee; Deluxe Entertainment, a postproduction film services company; Merisant, a manufacturer of noncaloric sweeteners; and Scientific Games, a leading purveyor of lottery games and sports betting tools. FEATURES In May 1989, four years after he shocked Wall Street by buying the cosmetics company Revlon for $2.7 billion, Ronald Perelman, then 46, was named America's richest man by Institutional Investor. [Extracted from the article]

"Neighborhood News: The Cannabis Crackdown Begins" is an article published in the New York journal on May 20, 2024. The article discusses the start of "Operation Padlock to Protect," an initiative led by the Adams administration in New York City to crack down on illegal cannabis shops. Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2021, the city has seen an influx of both legal and illegal weed shops. The first raids targeted shops near schools and houses of worship, those selling to underage buyers, and those accused of selling harmful products. The goal of the operation is to close as many illegal businesses as possible within 30 days. The article includes a photograph of a raid at the New City Smoke Shop, where the owner was handcuffed and arrested. [Extracted from the article]

My grandfather, Myron Sr.,came from Ukraine with athird-grade education. Even though Ukraine continuedto exist, it was certainly not allowedto celebrate traditional culture. Plast is instrumentalright now in delivering aid to thefront lines in Ukraine. CHAPTER 4 YESTERYEAR GLO:nyo/11apr22:42n1.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): . gl GLO:nyo/11apr22:43n1.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Myron Surmach at Surma Book& Music Co. in 1980. gl THAT TIME WHEN My Grandfather Ran the Show Markian Surmach, 60, wasof the third generation to operateSurma Book & Music Co. In the summer of '92, we went on tour to Ukraine, to anindependent Ukraine. [Extracted from the article]

And still at thecenter of it all is the enormous St. George Ukrainian Catholicchurch on Taras Shevchenko Place at 7th Street. CHAPTER 1 YESTERYEAR In 1931, a writer named George Tichenormade his way from his home on West 21stStreet down to the Lower East Side to seea play. In New York, all these immigrants from Ukraine, orformer Ukraine or future Ukraine, found themselves onapproximately equal footing, re-creating their old-world villagerelationships not exactly in peace but less fractiously. GLO:nyo/11apr22:26n1.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Veselka and the UkrainianNational Home circa 1975. gl To talk about that world, about Ukraine andUkrainians in New York, you first have to make a fewdecisions about what Ukraine is. [Extracted from the article]

I asked Austin whether he'd hit anyred tape regarding permits or licenses." In late October, for four successivenights, Austin and Butler invited smallgroups of people to the edge of the EastRiver in Greenpoint. [Extracted from the article]

The Power To: THE BEST WAY to semi-reliably make money onBroadway is to own a Broadway theater, and theShubert Organization has 17 of them, far more thanany other entity. Because baseline costs are more orless fixed once a show is up, a hit or a flop is immediately obvious.(Say a musical costs $850,000 per week to run and ticket sales are$300,000. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the replacement of street-corner wire trash cans with a more functional and aesthetically pleasing alternative. The old trash cans, made of steel mesh, were heavy and not ratproof, leading to issues with sanitation and cleanliness. The new trash cans have a lightweight plastic liner and are designed to be stackable for easier transport. While the old trash cans have been a familiar sight on the streets for almost a century, they are being phased out and recycled. [Extracted from the article]

INTELLIGENCER WHEN THE CITY rezoned the area aroundGrand Central Terminal in 2017, the ideawas that the neighborhood would get amakeover. This big showybuilding, set to be complete in 2025, willnow exist partly to entice those bankers infrom Cos Cob and more broadly to expressa corporate bet on the city as a place that'sgrowing rather than treading water, onewhere going to a midtown office remainscentral to our way of life. [Extracted from the article]

She would bring Alexander to the corner of the restaurant and plop him on a barstool by her station, allowing him to goof around with her and survey the room, and giving his exhausted zombie parents 10 blessed minutes to eat in peace. DEPARTMENTS When we were new parents, my wife and I didn't get to do much outside our home besides our jobs. But soon enough a waiter at the diner from the Peloponnese named George began to recognize us, and when he found out I was a Greek American, the deal was sealed. [Extracted from the article]

The corridors that seemed to have five-footceilings have had their lids lifted off and, owing in partto the new East End Gateway at 33rd Street, thereis some actual sunlight and air down there. No 14 GLO:nyo/05dec22:52n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): . gl The jury's still out on what exactly will become of theEmpire Station plan, pushed by Andrew Cuomo in peakRobert Moses-Howard Roark mode and now proceedingwith slightly less bullheadedness. [Extracted from the article]

This show,curated by writer Alison M. Gingeras, re-createsher apartment and includes Berlin's letters, herown artwork, and much more. Fact: Billy Wilder wrote and directed some of thegreatest films of all time. Singer-songwriter and producer Archy Marshallmakes moonlit, amorphous indie rock and foreboding,atmospheric hip-hop beats, and his newalbum, Space Heavy, his fifth as King Krule, is atrove of keen observations you can watch himunpack in the flesh. Brigid Berlin came from an ultraprivileged home,as did much of Andy Warhol's entourage. [Extracted from the article]